Speaker 1: And now your host of Dodger Talk, David Vasse.
Speaker 2: We are live in Philadelphia where the Dodgers are handed
Speaker 2: their first loss.
Speaker 3: Of the season.
Speaker 2: The Phillies defeat the Dodgers three to two in Game
Speaker 2: one of this three game series.
Speaker 3: Welcome the Dodger Talk, David Vase.
Speaker 2: Say with you until eight o'clock tonight, taking your phone
Speaker 2: calls at eight sixty six nine eight seven two five seventy.
Speaker 2: You'll hear from Dave Roberts on the decision to place
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman on the injured list. Freddie is not even
Speaker 2: here in Philadelphia and will not be on this road trip.
Speaker 2: You'll hear from Bryce Harper. He held a press conference
Speaker 2: with the Philadelphia media before the game, and one of
Speaker 2: the questions or topics were the Dodgers. And you'll hear
Speaker 2: Bryce Harper defend the Dodgers and what they did during
Speaker 2: this past offseason to make their World chiechampionship team even better.
Speaker 2: Speaking of the Dodgers and how dominant they've been so far,
Speaker 2: You'll hear from Brett Boone, who was on with Petro
Speaker 2: Some Money earlier this week. Boone was part of the
Speaker 2: one Mariners that won one hundred and sixteen games, a
Speaker 2: major league record, and Mookie Betts will have the last
Speaker 2: word on the show tonight, so you'll we'll get to
Speaker 2: all of that, but let's talk about this game. And
Speaker 2: I'm a firm believer in this, especially after what we
Speaker 2: saw in at Dodger Stadium in that final game of
Speaker 2: the homestand the Dodgers played the worst game I have
Speaker 2: seen them play in quite some time the other night
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium on Wednesday night. But we're fortunate to
Speaker 2: out talent the Braves and come back and walk it
Speaker 2: off thanks to Max Munsey and show Hey Otani.
Speaker 3: But Mounsey had two bad errors there.
Speaker 2: Blake Snell let the umpire strike zone fluster him, got
Speaker 2: out of his game, and it was just an ugly
Speaker 2: game all around. And tonight the Dodgers beat themselves.
Speaker 3: In a lot of ways.
Speaker 2: They let the Phillies off the hook in three different innings,
Speaker 2: including the ninth inning to end the game when Chris
Speaker 2: Taylor was tagged out.
Speaker 3: It was a great tag and a great throw from JT.
Speaker 2: Realmudo to Trey Turner on the strike him out, throw
Speaker 2: him out to end the game. But as Rick Monday
Speaker 2: was saying, you've got to be one hundred percent sure
Speaker 2: that you're going to be safe in that situation. You
Speaker 2: got Jordan Romano on the ropes. Tommy Edmond just shook
Speaker 2: this place and silenced the sellout crowd with a two
Speaker 2: run home run to make it a three to two game,
Speaker 2: and that would be the final score. But Romano, if
Speaker 2: you ever followed his career, if you play fantasy baseball,
Speaker 2: I'm sure you realize that by no means is he
Speaker 2: a dominant closer. And the Dodgers had him on the ropes.
Speaker 2: They let him off the hook. As Dennis Green would say,
Speaker 2: we let him off the hook. That's what the Dodgers did.
Speaker 2: They let Romano and the Phillies off the hook in
Speaker 2: the ninth inning. They let the Phillies off the hook
Speaker 2: in the eighth inning as well. You had runners at
Speaker 2: first and third. You had Miguel Rojas at third base
Speaker 2: after his.
Speaker 3: Second hit of the season.
Speaker 2: Rojas is now two for eighteen if you're keeping score
Speaker 2: at home. But he had a single, a one out
Speaker 2: single that started what we thought was a rally for
Speaker 2: the Dodgers. Then O'tani singled him to third base, so
Speaker 2: runners at the corners, which with two outs because Pajes
Speaker 2: was struck out looking and you had Mookie Betts at
Speaker 2: the plate, and Mooki Betts is swinging the bat really well,
Speaker 2: he's seeing the baseball really well, and you want to
Speaker 2: get Mooki Betts a chance to possibly tie the game
Speaker 2: with one swing of the bat, and O'tani takes off
Speaker 2: for second base, down three runs. At that point, the
Speaker 2: Dodgers were losing three to nothing, and you're gonna make
Speaker 2: the last out trying to steal second base. That's not
Speaker 2: five Beta Kappa. I don't know what was going on
Speaker 2: in Otani's mind. There was no need to try to
Speaker 2: steal second base right there, with two outs and down
Speaker 2: three runs.
Speaker 3: Just inexcusable right there.
Speaker 2: And then in the sixth inning, the Dodgers made another
Speaker 2: base running error that cost them the inning, this time
Speaker 2: with Otani at the plate right because Andy Pajez was
Speaker 2: thrown out trying to go first move on Jesu's Lozardo.
Speaker 2: Lozardo's cruising, and you finally get on base with a walk,
Speaker 2: and you let him have a very easy inning because
Speaker 2: he got you trying to steal second base on the
Speaker 2: first move.
Speaker 3: It wasn't even.
Speaker 2: Close and then he hesitated. It's one thing, if you're
Speaker 2: gonna steal, you better go. You don't hesitate on first move.
Speaker 2: And so that ran the Dodgers out of the sixth inning.
Speaker 2: So they ran themselves out of three different innings laid
Speaker 2: in the game. And to me, that's that's the game.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers beat themselves tonight. Even though Lozardo was pitching great,
Speaker 2: they still had had an opportunity to win this game.
Speaker 2: Now here's another factor in the game tonight, and I'm
Speaker 2: not sure how often it was brought up, but Taoscar
Speaker 2: Hernandez and Shohyotani lost what would have been home runs
Speaker 2: thanks to the win blowing in at that point in
Speaker 2: time in the game. Early on, Otani in the third
Speaker 2: inning hit a rocket that was over one hundred miles
Speaker 2: an hour.
Speaker 3: But it was to that cookie cutter.
Speaker 2: Cutout to the deepest part of the ballpark, and the
Speaker 2: wind was blowing in and cut it down. It was
Speaker 2: a fly ball right on the edge of the warning track.
Speaker 2: And then in the fourth inning, Taoscar Hernandez hit a
Speaker 2: long fly ball to left field, but it was so
Speaker 2: high up the wind cut it down as well. So
Speaker 2: anything hit to excuse me, left field or center field tonight,
Speaker 2: it was not going anywhere. Tommy Edmund's home run in
Speaker 2: the ninth inning went to right field, and by that
Speaker 2: time the win had kind of died down. And right
Speaker 2: now the flags are not blowing at all, even though
Speaker 2: they have the tarp on the field in anticipation of
Speaker 2: rain coming overnight. But that was a factor early on
Speaker 2: in the game, or maybe this is a different game.
Speaker 2: And speaking of mistakes, yama Moto was kicking himself when
Speaker 2: he threw the ball away in the first inning, and
Speaker 2: Trey Turner's speed affected the game in the first inning
Speaker 2: when he took off for third base, because the mistake
Speaker 2: was physical throwing the ball away. But the mental error
Speaker 2: is what cost yama Moto. He was so focused on
Speaker 2: Bryce Harper he never looked at Trey Turner at second base,
Speaker 2: and that's why Turner took off and caught him off guard.
Speaker 2: So a mental and physical mistakes cost the Dodgers tonight
Speaker 2: and they fall to the Phillies three to two, eight
Speaker 2: six six nine, eight seven two five seventy is the
Speaker 2: phone number. Let's go out to the phones. We have
Speaker 2: three lines open. Paul, who was at at the game
Speaker 2: tonight in Philly.
Speaker 4: Are you on?
Speaker 3: Are you in Philly, Paul? Were you at the game?
Speaker 5: Yes, I am. I live in New Jersey. I'm home now,
Speaker 5: but I was at the game. I'm a Dodger fan.
Speaker 5: I've been a Dodgers fansins nineteen forty nine. David, and wow,
Speaker 5: that's awesome. I just want to let you know that
Speaker 5: you are my connection to the Dodgers. Without you, I
Speaker 5: wouldn't know anything what's going on. So I want to
Speaker 5: thank you for your efforts. It's fabulous. Again, I agree
Speaker 5: with you.
Speaker 2: You really really good after you being a lifelong Dodger
Speaker 2: fan since nineteen forty nine, that's really special. Do you
Speaker 2: remember the fifty five Dodgers starting ten and oh that
Speaker 2: year of.
Speaker 5: Course, and Roy Campanellan Peey Reese and you name it. Yeah,
Speaker 5: Goodrik at that team. Yeah again, they played poor baseball tonight.
Speaker 5: I was very disappointed by how poorly they played. That's
Speaker 5: a win game for them, and they just they didn't
Speaker 5: want to win the game. They said, I was going to.
Speaker 6: That.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they beat themselves. I'm sorry if drove from Jersey
Speaker 2: to here. Do you come to a lot of games
Speaker 2: in Philadelphia when the Dodgers are playing out here.
Speaker 5: Yes, I go see the Dodgers every time they're in town.
Speaker 5: It's a funny state to be at. It really is. Yeah,
Speaker 5: excitement at the Philly State. Yeah yeah, forty five thousand fans.
Speaker 5: How do you beat that right now?
Speaker 2: And I would say that they they they're a little
Speaker 2: less polite than the fans in Tokyo, how about that.
Speaker 2: But but in a sports edgy kind away.
Speaker 5: Yeah, but it was fun win lo was a jar.
Speaker 5: I love baseball. So all right, David, thank you again
Speaker 5: for being my link. You're the link brother oh man.
Speaker 2: Then I am humbled and honored. Thank you, Paul. Appreciate
Speaker 2: the phone call. Call back anytime, and hopefully come out
Speaker 2: to another game before the Dodgers leave town. Tonight, they
Speaker 2: lose three to two for the first time this season.
Speaker 2: Poor Paul, a Dodger fan since nineteen forty nine. I
Speaker 2: guess the bride's grooms followed the Dodgers from Jersey to
Speaker 2: Philly with him. Tonight, he sees the Dodgers fall for
Speaker 2: the first time this season. But look, it's gonna be
Speaker 2: an amazing year. The Dodgers are going to get the
Speaker 2: best shot from every team and you know, they always
Speaker 2: say styles make fights, and the Dodgers don't match up
Speaker 2: that great against Philadelphia. They're one of the few teams
Speaker 2: that has the talent to match the Dodgers, whether it's
Speaker 2: their strunting staff or their offense. And I would still
Speaker 2: say pound the Dodger offense one through nine is much
Speaker 2: better than the Phillies. But the Phillies pitch better and
Speaker 2: they didn't make mistakes. The Dodgers made a lot of
Speaker 2: mistakes tonight and they fall for the fifth straight time
Speaker 2: here in Philadelphia. Let's go out to Corona. Ronnie, you're
Speaker 2: on Dodger Talk Live from Philly. How you doing, Ronnie?
Speaker 3: Hey DV?
Speaker 7: How you doing, Bud?
Speaker 3: I'm doing good. I love coming out to Philly.
Speaker 2: You know, Ronnie, fans ask me all the time, what
Speaker 2: is your favorite ballpark?
Speaker 3: Where should we come see the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: I would strongly recommend uh coming out to Philadelphia to
Speaker 2: see the Dodgers play here.
Speaker 3: It's a great atmosphere.
Speaker 8: Definitely, I agree with you. And also they got to
Speaker 8: get one of those Philly chief states right.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, for sure, and they got one out here
Speaker 2: in center field. Tony Luke's not a bad alternative if
Speaker 2: you can't make it to Geno's or Pats exactly.
Speaker 8: Hey, DV so real quick, I was gonna just kind
Speaker 8: of talk about Munsie struggles. I know he's having trouble
Speaker 8: at the play right now. I don't know if that
Speaker 8: was the right call to bring him in. And the
Speaker 8: last thing I know that Arnato wanted to come to LA. He's,
Speaker 8: you know, a so call guy. Right now, he's batting
Speaker 8: three ninety one and fall defense and Monthy's had his
Speaker 8: struggles with defense and hitting right now. Obviously he tried
Speaker 8: the the torpedo bat. It didn't work. The regular beats
Speaker 8: not working. I don't know, Maybe we can get him
Speaker 8: a tennis record or something, right.
Speaker 2: Ronnie, did you miss Wednesday night's game where Max Munsey
Speaker 2: tied the game with a two run double to set
Speaker 2: up Otawi's heroics. Are we really jumping off the Mounsie
Speaker 2: bandwagon that quickly?
Speaker 7: I don't know.
Speaker 8: I just you know, I do like him, But at
Speaker 8: the same time, it just it seems like it happens
Speaker 8: all the time.
Speaker 3: What happens all the time.
Speaker 8: More often that he's struggling than than good.
Speaker 3: Well, that's what happens in baseball.
Speaker 2: You're you're going to fail seven out of ten times
Speaker 2: if you're really good. And you know I'll say this,
Speaker 2: Ronnie Muncie serves a purpose. I have said this, and
Speaker 2: that's why I believe the Dodgers value Max Muncy a
Speaker 2: lot of times. It's not going to be pretty offensively.
Speaker 2: He is a three true outcome player, but he's one
Speaker 2: of those players where the part the sum is greater
Speaker 2: than the parts, meaning he has a function in the
Speaker 2: lineup to face right handed pitching, to see a lot
Speaker 2: of pitches, to make opposing pitchers work, and to draw
Speaker 2: a lock, and to be a threat to hit a
Speaker 2: home run.
Speaker 3: In this lineup.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers need that, especially when you have a lot
Speaker 2: of guys like Otani and Betts and Freddie and Taoskar
Speaker 2: they swing a lot.
Speaker 3: You need a guy that takes some pitches.
Speaker 2: So I'm not jumping off the Max Munsey bandwagon just yet.
Speaker 9: I see what you're saying, And you know what, I
Speaker 9: really enjoy watching the team right now. It really feels like,
Speaker 9: as a fan, like no deficit, we can't come back
Speaker 9: at any point. They can kid five ten runs in
Speaker 9: any and.
Speaker 8: I'm really enjoying the season. So far so I love
Speaker 8: it all.
Speaker 3: Right, Ronnie, thank you for the phone call.
Speaker 2: You know it's funny Ronnie's calling and basically slamming Max
Speaker 2: Munsey for striking out for the second out of the
Speaker 2: ninth inning. But next monthly didn't start. He came off
Speaker 2: the bench tonight to face a struggling right handed relief
Speaker 2: pitcher in Jordan Romano, and he didn't come through.
Speaker 3: Off the bench. He's a starter.
Speaker 2: It's a lot harder for guys to come off the
Speaker 2: bench when they're used to getting four at bats. I'm
Speaker 2: not making excuses, but of all nights, tonight's not the
Speaker 2: night to slam Max Munsey. It was. It wasn't on him.
Speaker 2: He doesn't have blood on his hands for this loss.
Speaker 2: Let's go out to Teluca Lake. Dave, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Dave.
Speaker 7: Hey, Dave good to jump in for the first time
Speaker 7: this year.
Speaker 5: First time of many.
Speaker 7: I really appreciate your critical analysis. I'm in the same boat.
Speaker 7: I think that the Dodgers may be guilty of taking
Speaker 7: her foot out the gap, drinking their own kool aid
Speaker 7: or whatever. And the reality is, and I've been saying
Speaker 7: it to all my friends that are calling me talking
Speaker 7: about the Dodgers. I don't think we I mean, what
Speaker 7: have we done. We haven't beat any good teams. I
Speaker 7: mean the Cubs, the Tigers, the Braves. I mean, Philly's
Speaker 7: a legit team. You got to play mistake free. We
Speaker 7: didn't do that and they took advantage of it. Now,
Speaker 7: I know they're gonna come back this weekend with you know,
Speaker 7: with a mission for sure, but it's just like they
Speaker 7: need to get back to fundamental grind it out baseball,
Speaker 7: take pitches, swing at good pitches, play tight defense, and
Speaker 7: everybody plays together like they're on a string. So again,
Speaker 7: I appreciate your critical nois thank.
Speaker 2: You, Okay, no problem. I appreciate the compliment, but I
Speaker 2: will fact check you. Look, here's the trap that all
Speaker 2: of us are going to get into. And I'm guilty
Speaker 2: of it to a certain extent as well, because I
Speaker 2: was talking about it before the game that I will
Speaker 2: wasn't impressed with the Tigers or the Cubs. I was
Speaker 2: a little impressed with the Tigers. They fought the Dodgers
Speaker 2: tooth and nail, but they got swept. And this is
Speaker 2: the trap that I'm going to warn all of us
Speaker 2: whenever a team plays the Dodgers, they're not going to
Speaker 2: look that great, right, or you might not be impressed
Speaker 2: with that team because the Dodgers are that good.
Speaker 3: Case in point, the Tigers.
Speaker 2: I know a lot of people talk to their coaching
Speaker 2: staff and their players towards the end of that series
Speaker 2: at Dodgers Stadium, and they felt like they played well
Speaker 2: enough to be twenty five other teams out there. But
Speaker 2: they got swept by the Dodgers. And since getting swept
Speaker 2: by the Dodgers, they're three and one. So the Tigers
Speaker 2: are a playoff team. In my opinion, I have them
Speaker 2: making the playoffs. The Cubs got swept by the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in Tokyo, Japan, of all places. They beat the Padres
Speaker 2: and handed the Padres their first loss earlier today, and
Speaker 2: the Cubs are six and four, so they lost the
Speaker 2: first two games to the Dodgers. But you know they're
Speaker 2: a team that's going to be in it for the
Speaker 2: n L Central. So that's my point. The Dodgers are
Speaker 2: really good, but you're going to get into the trap
Speaker 2: and say, you know what, I'm not impressed by this team.
Speaker 2: That team they're not good. Well, the Tigers and Cubs
Speaker 2: are going to be playoff teams or fight for a
Speaker 2: playoff spot. There's no doubt about that, and so are
Speaker 2: the Braves. The Braves are not firing on all cylinders
Speaker 2: without Ronald Acuna Junior, of course, So I just think
Speaker 2: we all have to remind ourselves of that. But the
Speaker 2: teams the Dodgers have played are not as talented as
Speaker 2: the Phillies. So I understood what Dave was saying right there.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. And like I said, styles make fights.
Speaker 2: Not only have the Dodgers lost five in a row
Speaker 2: in this ballpark in Philadelphia, but they have lost eight
Speaker 2: of the last to the Phillies overall, going back to
Speaker 2: twenty twenty three eight six six two five seventy. We
Speaker 2: have two lines open. Let's go out to all hambra. Javier,
Speaker 2: you're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Javier?
Speaker 10: Hey, pretty good, Dave, thanks for taking my call, my
Speaker 10: pleasure man. We're eating real good right undefeated, And going
Speaker 10: back to last game, Paz has that base running blender
Speaker 10: where he's gets caught leading on that and ends up
Speaker 10: going into a double play, and then he's killing me
Speaker 10: today with that other base running blender where he hesitated.
Speaker 5: And I was just like, man, we.
Speaker 9: Just we have to stay sharp, just like the days
Speaker 9: has to.
Speaker 3: Play better Javier.
Speaker 2: I mean, he's been given the center field job, but
Speaker 2: he's got to play better.
Speaker 3: He has not looked great out there defensively.
Speaker 2: He had a costly drop on Wednesday night, part of
Speaker 2: three eras at Dodger Stadium. He's made I can already
Speaker 2: count three bad base running plays and it's barrel. It's
Speaker 2: not even the tenth game of the season and he's
Speaker 2: not hitting that great, you know, as the ninth hitter,
Speaker 2: that's an important spot in the order to turn the
Speaker 2: lineup over for show Aotani. Andy Paz to start the
Speaker 2: season is hitting a buck eleven. He's hitting a buck eleven.
Speaker 2: He's two, He's three for twenty seven. He's got to
Speaker 2: start playing better because there's a guy by the name
Speaker 2: of Hayesan Kim that is starting to master his new
Speaker 2: swing and playing great defense in Oklahoma City. So he
Speaker 2: better start playing better or the Dodgers have got to
Speaker 2: make a decision on whether or not Hayesan Kim is
Speaker 2: a better alternative to Paz, to Rojas or to Chris Taylor.
Speaker 2: So those three guys they better start picking it up
Speaker 2: because the Dodgers have a lot of good players in
Speaker 2: Triple A.
Speaker 3: Yeah, all right, thanks for the phone call. I was
Speaker 3: done there.
Speaker 2: That's where you agree or disagree right there, Javier eight
Speaker 2: six six nine, seven seventy is the phone number. Dodgers
Speaker 2: fall to the Phillies three to two, and they did
Speaker 2: it without Freddie Freeman for the third straight game, remember,
Speaker 2: or fourth straight game remember before the Brave series. Freddy
Speaker 2: on the off day Sunday afternoon, fell in his shower
Speaker 2: and reaggravated that surgically repaired right ankle, and he was
Speaker 2: looking good, he was feeling good. He was trying to
Speaker 2: convince himself and the Dodgers that he would be able
Speaker 2: to be back in the lineup tonight here in Philadelphia. Well,
Speaker 2: Freddy didn't even travel with the team because they decided
Speaker 2: to place him on the ten day il with that
Speaker 2: right ankle injury. And the Dodgers believe that they need
Speaker 2: to nip this in the bud right now and not
Speaker 2: allow Freddy to try to play on it because that
Speaker 2: would make it linger all season long. And I fully
Speaker 2: agree with the Dodgers' decision. There's no reason for Freddie
Speaker 2: Freeman to be playing on that be at right ankle
Speaker 2: until it's well enough for him to play and be
Speaker 2: ready for the Dodgers when it matters. The most here
Speaker 2: was manager Dave Roberts before the game, when I asked
Speaker 2: him about the process to decide to put Freddy on
Speaker 2: the IL.
Speaker 6: He could have played, but we just felt that, even
Speaker 6: in talking to Freddy the trending staff, there was potential
Speaker 6: downside if we played them to make it worse. And
Speaker 6: given the time of year, the off days that we had,
Speaker 6: we built in some days that he'd missed off day
Speaker 6: coming up just made sent for him to stay back,
Speaker 6: not travel, fly increased swelling, and then be ready to
Speaker 6: go hopefully when we get home for the Homestand.
Speaker 2: I know you're always thinking big picture, but how much
Speaker 2: of the luxury of having an aid and no start
Speaker 2: and as many good players as you have factored into
Speaker 2: being able to absorb a loss of a player like him.
Speaker 6: I think the having the depth certainly allowed us to
Speaker 6: absorb it, but I still believe that that's a separate
Speaker 6: decision which what is best for Freddie And given him
Speaker 6: more time putting on the IL made the most sense,
Speaker 6: and he wasn't too thrilled about it, as we would
Speaker 6: all expect, but understood it. You know, I think that
Speaker 6: if we wouldn't have done anything, I think it could
Speaker 6: have lingered all year. And not to say that we
Speaker 6: expect it to be one hundred percent when he comes off,
Speaker 6: but I just think that it's something that we give
Speaker 6: it a chance to kind of maintain versus continually go
Speaker 6: backward as the season progressed, and that's something we just
Speaker 6: didn't want him to fight all year long.
Speaker 2: All Right, that was a great explanation by Dave robertson.
Speaker 2: I fully agree. I know Freddie wants to play as
Speaker 2: many games as possible.
Speaker 3: He really does want to be out there.
Speaker 2: And like Dave roberts said, he could have played tonight,
Speaker 2: but at what cost, the cost of him limping around
Speaker 2: and managing that right ankle at a more severe level
Speaker 2: than he probably needs to. Right decision, don't let Freddy
Speaker 2: play until that right ankle is as good as it's
Speaker 2: going to get for the rest of the season. Eight six, six, nine, seven,
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Hey, before we
Speaker 2: take a time out here, I do want to get
Speaker 2: back to your calls, But I do want to point
Speaker 2: out that Mookie Bets played his best game of the
Speaker 2: season defensively at shortstop, and I'm going to make it
Speaker 2: a point to point this out when he does, because
Speaker 2: we always point out when he doesn't play well. There
Speaker 2: I thought tonight he turned two really good double plays.
Speaker 3: Tonight.
Speaker 2: He turned a double play in the fourth inning to
Speaker 2: end the inning, and he also turned a double play
Speaker 2: on Bryce Harper's ground ball for the second and third out.
Speaker 2: Excuse me second and yeah, well, the first two outs
Speaker 2: of the sixth inning on Bryce Harper. He looked really
Speaker 2: athletic around the bag and he wasn't thinking making those plays.
Speaker 2: So Mookie Betts looked his best tonight defensively at shortstop.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. When we continue from Citizens Bank Park
Speaker 2: in Philadelphia. You'll hear from Bryce Harper as he was
Speaker 2: asked what he thought about the Dodgers Juggernaut roster, and
Speaker 2: we'll also hear from Brett Boone, who joined Petro some money,
Speaker 2: and his thoughts on the Dodgers' chances of breaking his
Speaker 2: Mariners win record of one hundred and sixteen wins back
Speaker 2: in two thousand and one and more of your phone calls.
Speaker 2: We have lines open at eight six, six, nine eighty
Speaker 2: seven two five seventy after the Dodgers fall for the
Speaker 2: first time this season, three to two to the Phillies
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Speaker 3: This is Dodger Talk with David Bassi until back on
Speaker 3: the right side. That's a lead at second, now the
Speaker 3: fifth and Edmund Swains hits a high fly ball the right.
Speaker 3: There's Paul heading back. There's Paul. Is God. It's a
Speaker 3: home run for Edmund.
Speaker 5: Tommy Edmund with this fifth home run of the season,
Speaker 5: and the Dodgers get on the board of the ninth
Speaker 5: and it's three to two.
Speaker 2: Tommy Edmund five home runs this season. Aaron Judge has
Speaker 2: six to lead Major League Baseball. Tommy Edmund that close
Speaker 2: from being the major League leader in home runs hit
Speaker 2: so far this season. He made this game close in
Speaker 2: the ninth inning and made the sellout crowd of forty
Speaker 2: three thousand plus absolutely nervous that the Dodgers were going
Speaker 2: to come back again.
Speaker 3: This year.
Speaker 2: They have six comeback wins, the most in baseball. They
Speaker 2: were this close, one run away from making it a seventh,
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Speaker 3: Tonight's game was televised on.
Speaker 2: Apple TV, and I'm not sure if any of you
Speaker 2: have seen the World series documentary on Apple TV. I
Speaker 2: watched it. It's like a three parter. Let me just
Speaker 2: put this. I'll take you behind the curtain. I heard
Speaker 2: I was in this Apple docu series for a split second,
Speaker 2: you know, when they showed me miked up in the
Speaker 2: press box when Jack Flaherty was not pitching well, and
Speaker 2: they have me miked up, and I was fully aware.
Speaker 3: I was miked up.
Speaker 2: And you know, I was brutally honest when I said,
Speaker 2: and they showed it, this guy doesn't have it tonight.
Speaker 2: That was my only line in the Dodgers World Championship
Speaker 2: docu series. I've traveled with the team in every city
Speaker 2: all last year. They miked me up before Game five
Speaker 2: and during Game five all day and that's all they used.
Speaker 2: Come on, Apple, that's all you use for me saying
Speaker 2: this guy doesn't have it. You mike me up all
Speaker 2: day and then you wasted thirty minutes of my day
Speaker 2: before the World Series started to interview me to see
Speaker 2: whether or not you even wanted to use me. You
Speaker 2: said you would, and then you never followed up. I mean,
Speaker 2: I just had to get that off my chest because
Speaker 2: a couple of players, see, that's the beauty of me.
Speaker 3: I could say things, but I have to be here
Speaker 3: to face the music.
Speaker 11: And uh.
Speaker 2: One of the players saw the docuseries and said, oh,
Speaker 2: I saw I saw you in it saying that Flerty
Speaker 2: didn't have it. I said, yeah, he didn't have it.
Speaker 2: I was right, he didn't have it. But we need
Speaker 2: Walker Bueller to come in to close the game. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Jack Flerty didn't have it. I didn't say anything that
Speaker 2: wasn't untrue. But come on, Ron Howard and whoever else
Speaker 2: was involved. That's all you got for me after micing
Speaker 2: me up all day. Come on eight six six nine,
Speaker 2: eight seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to La Puente. No, you're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How could Apple do me dirty like that?
Speaker 4: Huh uh?
Speaker 7: Those down?
Speaker 12: He comes down to Apple TV for doing a Dave
Speaker 12: Bess dirty.
Speaker 8: Come on, man, we need to see him on the
Speaker 8: camera a lot more. Man, his his beautiful face. What's up?
Speaker 2: I wouldn't say that, but geez, you mike me up
Speaker 2: and you interviewed me, and that's all you used.
Speaker 10: They did did?
Speaker 8: They did the dirty Dave all good though? You know
Speaker 8: what Dave today's game.
Speaker 7: I'm let's not lose sight.
Speaker 12: Also, let's not lose sight of the fact that Kirby Yates, man,
Speaker 12: he was very disappointed today. Also man, the fact that
Speaker 12: I wasn't too mad that the Dodgers were a little
Speaker 12: bit more aggressive on the basis than usually. And one
Speaker 12: of those calls, you know, the last call is it
Speaker 12: stands and it's safe. It puts the runner in scoring position, Dave.
Speaker 12: I wasn't too mad at the Dodgers being aggressive, though
Speaker 12: I want you don't.
Speaker 2: You don't make the last out on the basis, and
Speaker 2: you certainly don't make the last out to lose the game.
Speaker 2: Though it's not it's Chris Taylor, it's not, you know,
Speaker 2: the fastest guy on the team.
Speaker 3: He's a really good base runner. And it was close.
Speaker 2: It was bang bang, but you got to be sure
Speaker 2: that you're going to be safe in that situation. Thanks
Speaker 2: for the phone call, appreciate it. Eight six six seven
Speaker 2: two five seventy is the phone number. Let's go out
Speaker 2: to Joshua in Riverside. You're on Dodger Talk. How you doing, Joshua,
Speaker 2: Hey DV.
Speaker 13: How you doing.
Speaker 10: Well?
Speaker 3: I was doing good.
Speaker 2: Until I you know, I got upset again thinking about
Speaker 2: how Apple did me dirty.
Speaker 13: You know, I watched it. I didn't mind it. I
Speaker 13: heard your line and I agreed with you, he didn't
Speaker 13: have it in that game.
Speaker 11: I was right.
Speaker 13: Luckily Walker closed out the game like you said. But
Speaker 13: just going back on.
Speaker 2: Seriously, what'd you think about that? What did you think
Speaker 2: about the docu series? I thought it was okay, but
Speaker 2: I feel like the new season has started, and I
Speaker 2: don't think you're as excited as you would have been
Speaker 2: to see it maybe back in December.
Speaker 13: Of course, though, But anything to help you relive those games,
Speaker 13: I think it's a blessing. Those games are one of
Speaker 13: the best times in my life. Me and my fiance
Speaker 13: actually went to the first World Series game to watch
Speaker 13: Cherdy Freeman's walkoff Grand Slam. That was the best Dodger
Speaker 13: game I've ever been to, and I'm looking forward to
Speaker 13: going to more games this year watching the Dodgers repeat.
Speaker 2: All right, Joshua, thank you for the phone call, and yeah,
Speaker 2: it brings back great memories. You can never get tired
Speaker 2: of that. And I thought it was awesome the access
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman allowed them to be able to follow him
Speaker 2: around even before they knew he was going to be
Speaker 2: the World Series MVP and hit that dramatic grand Slam
Speaker 2: to win Game one for the Dodgers. So yeah, to me,
Speaker 2: that was the best part of the whole documentary to
Speaker 2: have that type of access with Freddie Freeman. Eight six
Speaker 2: six nine eight seven two five seventy is the phone number.
Speaker 2: Speaking of access, Bryce Harper is very accessible and I
Speaker 2: think he's a great ambassador for the game. He's got
Speaker 2: a lot of style. He wants to promote the game
Speaker 2: in a lot of good ways. And today he held
Speaker 2: court with the Philadelphia media and he actually came to
Speaker 2: the Dodgers defense when so many haters out there are
Speaker 2: so jealous of what the Dodgers have done. Yeah, I
Speaker 2: don't know, Okay will like this, but I feel like
Speaker 2: only losers complain about what they're doing.
Speaker 7: But you know, I think they're.
Speaker 4: A great team.
Speaker 2: They're a great organization.
Speaker 3: That's why guys want to go there and play.
Speaker 11: LA is a great playing obviously.
Speaker 14: It's uh, you know, they're at the mecca kind of
Speaker 14: the world of everything, right from.
Speaker 2: Food to nightlife to the sports, from the Dodgers to
Speaker 2: the Lakers.
Speaker 3: To meet with himself, you know, I mean, they're they're
Speaker 3: going to continue to get guys. They're going to continue
Speaker 3: to pull guys from you.
Speaker 2: Know, the sports bullpen, starting pitching international players or anything
Speaker 2: like that.
Speaker 11: They're going with the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: Bryce Harper is a l a guy at heart. You know,
Speaker 2: he grew up in Vegas. He would come to LA
Speaker 2: to play travel ball games. But you know, you know,
Speaker 2: he wanted to be a Dodger. He Act almost signed
Speaker 2: with the Dodgers when he was a free agent the
Speaker 2: last time. Prior to the Phillies handing him a long term,
Speaker 2: big contract, he was considering a short term contract from
Speaker 2: the Dodgers before the eighteen season, and I thought, you know,
Speaker 2: he would have been a great fit with the Dodgers
Speaker 2: in Los Angeles.
Speaker 3: He's made for LA and I love.
Speaker 2: How he's become a Philly guy and really become part
Speaker 2: of the fabric of this city. He's really taken on
Speaker 2: the identity of this city. So it's worked out perfectly
Speaker 2: for him and for the Dodgers. And shout out to
Speaker 2: Pepe in All Hambra. You know, when he's talking about
Speaker 2: LA being a great food town, he's thinking about his
Speaker 2: spot in All Hambra. Pepe, So be on the lookout
Speaker 2: for Bryce Harper when the Phillies come back to LA
Speaker 2: this season. Let's go out to Fullerton. Artie, you're on
Speaker 2: Dodger Talk Live from Philadelphia. How you doing, Artie.
Speaker 11: I'm doing well, my friend. You know, I sat in
Speaker 11: the bleach Is when they were two dollars a ticket,
Speaker 11: so I've been around a while and I just tind
Speaker 11: to share with you that if we could back up
Speaker 11: the game clock about nine games and interview some of
Speaker 11: these negative nellies putting down you know, I think O'tani
Speaker 11: was safe a second. I think Chris Taylor was safe
Speaker 11: a second. But we didn't even try to overrule the
Speaker 11: call with Otani. I think was a mistake. But if
Speaker 11: we just said to the Dodger fans, hey, look, you know,
Speaker 11: after bringing home the World Series trophy, we could start
Speaker 11: out the season eight. Oh how do you feel about that?
Speaker 11: People would say, well, that's not possible. But the reality
Speaker 11: is that this is a hard working, charmed baseball club
Speaker 11: and to see these guys take a chance is it's
Speaker 11: remarkable because they're not worried about how they look. They're
Speaker 11: just trying to win ball games. And yeah, we're short
Speaker 11: Freddy and we have a few other things going on,
Speaker 11: but this is a remarkable baseball team. They came out
Speaker 11: the first, no doubt.
Speaker 2: Alredy, I think the Dodgers have spoiled their fans, including you,
Speaker 2: and you know, especially to start the year eight to
Speaker 2: zero as a defending world champion, that's the best start
Speaker 2: for defending world champion. The following season, I think we
Speaker 2: all got spoiled. And you know, even before the season started,
Speaker 2: and thank you for the phone call. People were talking
Speaker 2: about the Dodgers breaking the Mariners regular season wins record
Speaker 2: of one hundred and sixteen wins back in oh one.
Speaker 3: That doesn't matter to the Dodgers.
Speaker 2: It may matter to all of us that talk about it,
Speaker 2: and you know, our fans of the game, But I
Speaker 2: can guarantee you winning one hundred and seventeen games this
Speaker 2: year is pretty low on the priority list for Andrew Friedman,
Speaker 2: Dave Roberts, Mookie Betts, Freddie Freeman, and Show and everybody
Speaker 2: else on the team that has their priorities straight, which
Speaker 2: they all do. It's winning a back to back World
Speaker 2: Series championship. You never heard Mookie Beds or Freddie Freeman
Speaker 2: talk about winning the most games in the regular season.
Speaker 2: I've never heard them talk about it. And when the
Speaker 2: Dodgers had a chance a couple of years ago to
Speaker 2: maybe make a run for it, they chose to take
Speaker 2: the bigger picture in mind to try to do the
Speaker 2: best they could in the postseason. So the Dodgers' goal
Speaker 2: is not to break the Mariners record. The Dodgers' goal
Speaker 2: is to become the first team in twenty five years
Speaker 2: in baseball to win back to back championships. Now, with
Speaker 2: that being said, Brett Boone, who was part and a
Speaker 2: big part of the Mariners team in two thousand and
Speaker 2: one that won a record setting one hundred and sixteen games,
Speaker 2: was on with Petro some money, and everybody wants to know,
Speaker 2: do you believe with the way the Dodgers are constructed
Speaker 2: and the way they have really put it all together,
Speaker 2: that they have a chance to either tie or break
Speaker 2: that Marinaers record. Here's what Brett Boone thinks about the
Speaker 2: twenty twenty five Dodgers.
Speaker 4: I look at this DoD roster and it's just it's
Speaker 4: so deep. They've got so much depth compared to everybody else.
Speaker 4: If a star goes down, they've got another star to
Speaker 4: replace him. I think that's what separates the Dodgers from
Speaker 4: every other team in baseball, is just their depth. They're
Speaker 4: as deep as any team I've ever seen, and I
Speaker 4: was looking at it. Every year, I'll get phone calls
Speaker 4: about that two thousand and one Mariner team. To a
Speaker 4: team that gets off to a hot start, Hey do
Speaker 4: you think they can break your record? It's kind of
Speaker 4: you shrug it off, You roll your eyes and you laugh. No,
Speaker 4: no one will ever beat one hundred and sixteen. We
Speaker 4: had a magic carpet ride it. It was something I've
Speaker 4: never seen before and I don't think I'll see in
Speaker 4: my lifetime until this year when I'm looking at this
Speaker 4: roster and I'm going, not only did he have the
Speaker 4: stars that I mentioned in the starting rotation with the
Speaker 4: Snells and the Yamamoto and the Otani potentially coming back,
Speaker 4: and the guy pitching a.
Speaker 5: Night in La Glass.
Speaker 4: Not only that, but you've got that bullpen's unbelievable, and
Speaker 4: you went out and you added a Scott and you
Speaker 4: added a Kirby Yates who was arguably the best reliever
Speaker 4: in baseball last year. So not only is their lineup stack,
Speaker 4: the depth behind the secondary players, the starting rotation, but
Speaker 4: the bullpen's elite as well. So if any team, I'm
Speaker 4: not saying they can do it, you still got to
Speaker 4: go out and play play one hundred and sixty two games,
Speaker 4: and man, it doesn't add up no matter how good
Speaker 4: you are to win one hundred and sixteen plus. But
Speaker 4: if any team could do it, this team, on paper
Speaker 4: is the greatest team I've ever seen in my lifetime
Speaker 4: to start a season from a talent perspective.
Speaker 2: All right, that's Brett Boone, who was a member of
Speaker 2: the two thousand and one Mariners, one of the big
Speaker 2: parts of that Mariners team that won a record setting
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixteen games.
Speaker 3: And look, you know, if it happens.
Speaker 2: In the process of the Dodgers going out there and
Speaker 2: staying on track for the postseason, then that that'll work
Speaker 2: for them. But by no means are the Dodgers going
Speaker 2: to be chasing the one Mariners. That's just not something
Speaker 2: you hear from them. And look, they have a good
Speaker 2: enough team to do it. But I will say this,
Speaker 2: they would have a better chance of breaking the Mariners
Speaker 2: record if they were in the American League. The American
Speaker 2: League is such a weaker league going back to last
Speaker 2: year as well. You know, I'm watching the Angels and
Speaker 2: Guardians play right now. If the Dodgers were in the
Speaker 2: American League, no doubt in my mind would they win
Speaker 2: one hundred and sixteen games with the talent they have
Speaker 2: compared to the talent any of those American League teams have.
Speaker 2: But the National League is really good. You look at
Speaker 2: the National League West alone. I mean, the Giants are
Speaker 2: off to a great start. They won their game tonight
Speaker 2: as today, with a walkoff hit by Willia Domis the Padres.
Speaker 2: Nobody talked about this while the Dodgers were eight to zero,
Speaker 2: but there was another team that was undefeated up until
Speaker 2: today as well, and that was the Padres, the team
Speaker 2: that took the Dodgers to the limits in five games
Speaker 2: of the NLDS. So the Padres now are seven to one,
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are eight and one. I just don't see
Speaker 2: how the Dodgers who they you know, in this division, Padres, Diamondbacks, Giants,
Speaker 2: those are probably three of the four or five best
Speaker 2: teams in the National League. You would have to say
Speaker 2: the Phillies are up there as well. To me, it's
Speaker 2: the Phillies, the Padres, the Diamondbacks being the other top
Speaker 2: teams in the National League. So I just don't I
Speaker 2: just don't believe that one hundred and sixteen wins is
Speaker 2: something that's going to happen this year. I could see
Speaker 2: the Dodgers winning one hundred and five games, but one
Speaker 2: hundred and sixteen's that's really hard to do, especially when
Speaker 2: you're in the toughest league of the two eight six
Speaker 2: six seven two five seventy is the phone number. Let's
Speaker 2: go out to Los Felis. Calvin, You're on Dodger Talk.
Speaker 2: How you doing, Calvin?
Speaker 3: All right, David, thanks for taking my call, my pleasure.
Speaker 1: I'm I'm just curious about the reasoning behind playing key
Speaker 1: K at first and keeping Munsey at third rather than
Speaker 1: switching the two, because I know, I know Munsey has
Speaker 1: put a lot of work in at third and has
Speaker 1: really improved a lot, but I've always felt, you know,
Speaker 1: he just looks a little more comfortable at first, and
Speaker 1: it's a position he had a lot of familiarity with,
Speaker 1: so and I know Kyk is a great third baseman,
Speaker 1: So what's the profits or the thought process behind keeping
Speaker 1: Kik at that first number?
Speaker 12: One?
Speaker 2: I agree with you, Calvin, but I'll tell you what
Speaker 2: the Dodgers are thinking. They have a first basement in
Speaker 2: Freddie Freeman, who plays one hundred and fifty games plus,
Speaker 2: so in the short term, they believe that it's better
Speaker 2: to keep Max Munsey at third base to continue to
Speaker 2: feel comfortable at that position because that's the position they
Speaker 2: need him to play, and that's the reason why they
Speaker 2: don't want to move Monthly off a third base because
Speaker 2: it's a short term thing, but I agree with you.
Speaker 2: It would make more sense to have Kik, who's a
Speaker 2: better defensive player at a more tougher position at third base,
Speaker 2: and have Max Munsey play first base, where he played
Speaker 2: a lot of prior to Freddie Freeman arriving here.
Speaker 3: But that's their thinking.
Speaker 2: They don't want to move Monthly off at third base
Speaker 2: because that's he needs to continue to play there and
Speaker 2: feel comfortable there and confident there, and if they move
Speaker 2: him off of there, they feel like that could jeopardize
Speaker 2: those plans big picture wise.
Speaker 1: Gotcha, Yeah, that makes sense to me, And I do
Speaker 1: really like Monthy at third base for the record, you know,
Speaker 1: I do think he has improved quite a bit and
Speaker 1: you feel comfortable with him there day to day.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I agree with you.
Speaker 2: It was a bad game Wednesday night, but who doesn't
Speaker 2: have bad games. He's put in a lot of work
Speaker 2: to be a better defensive third baseman, and I don't
Speaker 2: understand where all this Monthy hate is coming from. Yeah,
Speaker 2: Nolan Aeronado or we haven't even played ten games and
Speaker 2: everybody's going to say that Aeronado's back. I love Nolan,
Speaker 2: but Nolan had at least two opportunities to find his
Speaker 2: way to the Dodgers, and he didn't do it. Now
Speaker 2: there might be another opportunity this season. We'll have to
Speaker 2: wait and see how it plays out. But I love
Speaker 2: Nolan Aeronado, but I just feel like the Dodgers are
Speaker 2: out of the Nolan Aeronado business after he didn't find
Speaker 2: a way here the previous two chances he had to
Speaker 2: get here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I definitely he's not already here, then we don't.
Speaker 2: Need him, all right, Calvin, thanks for the phone call.
Speaker 2: Eight six six nine eight seven two five seventy is
Speaker 2: the phone number. The Dodgers fall for the first time
Speaker 2: this season, three to two to the Phillies, and look,
Speaker 2: eight and one not all bad. It feels like there's
Speaker 2: a little sense of disappointment tonight. But look, the Dodgers
Speaker 2: were going are going to lose their share of games
Speaker 2: this year. I think you just got to get used
Speaker 2: to that. Hey, on Monday, the Dodgers are going to
Speaker 2: the White House, as every World Series team does. It's
Speaker 2: an invitation that every team UH says yes to, no
Speaker 2: matter who is in office, and it's not a political thing.
Speaker 2: The Dodgers are are going there and They're going to
Speaker 2: be celebrated as they should be on Monday at the
Speaker 2: White House, and Mookie Bets, I don't really want to
Speaker 2: talk about going or not going, or who's going or
Speaker 2: who's not going, because that that's just not what this
Speaker 2: show is about, right, But I feel like I do
Speaker 2: owe it to Mookie Bets to play what or to
Speaker 2: share with you what he had to say about his
Speaker 2: decision to join his teammates at the White House on Monday,
Speaker 2: because he did not go in twenty nineteen after the
Speaker 2: Red Sox won the eighteen World Series. So I'm not
Speaker 2: going to get into it, but I do feel like
Speaker 2: I owe it to Mookie Bets because he sat in
Speaker 2: the Dodgers dugout before the game and he wanted to
Speaker 2: share his thoughts publicly, and I feel like I owe
Speaker 2: it to MOOKI to play his reasoning. So Mookie Bets
Speaker 2: has the last word on Dodger Talk tonight. Have you
Speaker 2: made a decision if you're joining your teammates on Monday.
Speaker 2: I know you've been asked a lot about it.
Speaker 3: Yeah I have, I have, and yeah I'm going to go.
Speaker 14: And it's not a political stance that I'm taking. I
Speaker 14: know no matter what I say and what I do there,
Speaker 14: people are going to take it as political, but that's
Speaker 14: definitely not what it is. This is about an accomplishment
Speaker 14: that the Dodgers were able to accomplish last year, and
Speaker 14: I didn't go in nineteen and I regret that, you know,
Speaker 14: because I made it about me, and this is not
Speaker 14: about me, and I don't want anything to be about me.
Speaker 14: I want this to be about the Dodgers because these
Speaker 14: boys were there for me in the dark times when
Speaker 14: all this stuff was coming about coming out in playoffs.
Speaker 14: I'm over twenty.
Speaker 3: I gotta do this, I gotta do that.
Speaker 14: But these boys rallied around me to help me so
Speaker 14: much through through playoffs last year, and just as a person,
Speaker 14: well being as a person, my well being as a person,
Speaker 14: and so for me to be able to look in
Speaker 14: the mirror at night and to be happy with the
Speaker 14: person that I'm looking at, I need to be there
Speaker 14: with my boys to celebrate this accomplishment that you know,
Speaker 14: with you know, all the fight, everything we did last year. Man,
Speaker 14: that was hard, and I wouldn't be able to look
Speaker 14: at myself in the mirror. And if I wasn't there
Speaker 14: with him.
Speaker 2: You've been asked about it. So, how does it make
Speaker 2: you feel that everybody wants to know what Mookie Betts
Speaker 2: is going to do?
Speaker 3: Was that tough to kind of process and all this too?
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, you know, kind of is what it is.
Speaker 14: I mean, it comes with the territory being black in
Speaker 14: America and in a situation like this is you know,
Speaker 14: it's a tough spot to be in. No matter what
Speaker 14: I choose, somebody's gonna be pissed, somebody's gonna be have
Speaker 14: their own opinion. But I mean, again, this is not
Speaker 14: about me. This is not about politics. This is about
Speaker 14: the Dodgers. It's about my loyalty to these boys in
Speaker 14: this clubhouse, and that's all it is for me.
Speaker 2: Hey, I loved what Mookie Betts had to say, and
Speaker 2: I thought he said it perfectly, So that's why he
Speaker 2: gets the last word. Tonight on Dodger Talk. We'll be
Speaker 2: back with you tomorrow. It's another different game time as
Speaker 2: the Dodgers and Phillies hook up for the second game
Speaker 2: of this three game series in Philadelphia. Roki Sazaki will
Speaker 2: be on the mound and we'll see how it goes.
Speaker 2: We'll see if he has fixed anything to try to
Speaker 2: throw more strikes.
Speaker 3: That's what it comes down to for him. He's got
Speaker 3: to throw more strikes.
Speaker 2: He's got to be able to stay in the game
Speaker 2: longer and not compromise the Dodger bullpen. He's going up
Speaker 2: against one of the more solid starters in baseball, Aaron
Speaker 2: Nola Morongo Casino. Dodgers on Deck begins at noon tomorrow
Speaker 2: and we will have keiy A Hernandez as our special
Speaker 2: guest and first pitch is at one oh five with
Speaker 2: Rick Monday and Tim Neverett from Philadelphia. That'll do it
Speaker 2: for us tonight on Dodger Talk. Thanks to everybody that
Speaker 2: called in. In case you missed any of the show,
Speaker 2: you can find it on the iHeartRadio app. That's also
Speaker 2: where you can find our pregame conversation with Blake Trinin.
Speaker 3: We had some fun with Blake and he explained the
Speaker 3: sweeper and explain.
Speaker 2: How he continues to pitch so well even getting closer
Speaker 2: to age thirty six.
Speaker 3: That was a little uncomfortable to ask him, but we
Speaker 3: had fun with it.
Speaker 2: Thanks to Dwayne McDonald out here in Philadelphia, thanks to
Speaker 2: Colin Ye back at our Burbank Studios, and like I said,
Speaker 2: always thanks to you. Without the fans, the Dodgers are nothing,
Speaker 2: and they all appreciate you and appreciate the support, whether
Speaker 2: it's in Los Angeles, Tokyo, or Philadelphia. Once again, the
Speaker 2: final score tonight the Dodgers now are a dreadful eight
Speaker 2: and one after falling to the Phillies three to two.
Speaker 3: Have a great rest of your night. We'll talk to
Speaker 3: you tomorrow.
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